Chapter 12
After returning to Coolsville, Ohio and to the now unofficial headquarters of Mystery Inc., specifically Daphne's house Scooby and company decided to relax in the cavernous mansion belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Blake; one afternoon about a few months after Shaggy inherited his newfound warlock abilities from his grandparents, the cowardly teen sat in a chair in a bedroom that he and Scooby always used whenever the gang stayed over at the Blake estate.
Shaggy's equally cowardly canine companion and longtime pet Scooby Doo was laying at the foot of the bed taking a nap, while the lanky green shirted teenager was studying a few of the magical items that his grandparents had presented him during Mystery Inc.'s adventure at their mansion; actually most of the mementos that he had been given were at the small one bedroom house he lived in which was located in the Eastern portion of the city, the only items that the cowardly teen had in his possession at the moment were a few spell books which were scattered around his chair.
While he certainly didn't plan on using any of his newfound abilities for evil, he did find some of the spells very interesting and very intriguing; as he poured over the thousands of spells, incantations, hexes and charms written down in the volumes, he found himself memorizing each and every word in his mind, hoping that he would remember some of the spells he learned if he and the rest of his friends ever got into serious danger, particularly any life threatening situation or any situation where he and the rest of Mystery Inc. might end up in a cemetery or any other creepy place.
After a few minutes of studying the various spell books Shaggy looked over at this canine friend and smiled; the lanky teenager decided to get up from his chair and walked over to the Great Dane to see if he was awake, his reasoning being that maybe the canine would like to see what his master could now do as a warlock.
"Scooby, like are you awake old buddy?" Shaggy asked with a whisper, just in case the Great Dane was still asleep.
The canine stirred a little, scratched his ear with one of his paws and yawned; the Great Dane than slowly awoke from his slumber and stretched out while noticing that his teenage master was standing next to him.
"Ri Raggy" Scooby remarked as he stood up from the floor.
"Hey Scoob, did you have a good nap?" Shaggy asked, softly scratching his pet's ear.
"Reah, rit ras rood, row rare rou roing?" Scooby wondered.
"Pretty good, like I was just studying some of the spell books grandma and grandpa gave me" Shaggy replied.
"Rhat's rool, rhat rells rid rou rearn?" Scooby asked.
"Like a whole bunch of them, I learned a spell that can make me invisible, a spell that can turn me into an animal and a few spells to contact the dead and people who live long distances away, all in all they're pretty cool" Shaggy explained.
"Rhe Read?" Scooby asked nervously.
"Sure Scoob, I could talk to some of my uncles that are deceased, or I could talk to my great great parents again; the possibilities are endless with my magic" Shaggy replied.
"Rare rou roing ro ralk ro Roogie?" Scooby wondered.
"I might, or I might not, it really depends how I feel" Shaggy responded.
"Rhat about Relma, rhat are rou roing to ray ro her?" the canine asked.
"What would I say Scooby? I've already told her I love her and she already told me she loves me, we're boyfriend and girlfriend now, so what else is there?" Shaggy wondered aloud.
"Rou could rell her rhat rou'll ratch rover rher and rive her resents row rhat rou're a rarlock" Scooby replied.
"Hmm… that's a possibility, but I don't really want her to treat me any different now that I have magic powers, I want to tell her nothing's going to change; actually I think I'll do that now" Shaggy explained.
The lanky teenager walked over to his chair and picked up one of the spell books; the cowardly detective picked up one of the volumes and looked for a particular incantation which would bring the bespectacled teen into his room, which he found; after he located the correct page of the book he raised his arms, said a few magic words and waited.
A few seconds later, a shadow of green light began to appear in the room, which caused Shaggy to step backwards and await the result of the incantation; the green light began to materialize into a familiar figure and standing in Shaggy's room was Velma, the bespectacled teen had a confused look on her face as she looked over and saw her boyfriend smiling at her.
"Shaggy? What's going on, I was standing in the room of the mansion that's used for my laboratory and suddenly I found myself being transported from there into your room" Velma asked.
"Oh sorry about that, I was looking through some spell books and decided to test one of the spells out; the incantation that I used transports people great distances from one place to another place, so that's how you were transported here, like I hope I didn't interrupt anything" Shaggy replied.
"No it's alright, I finished working on something an hour ago and was doing some reading myself; so did you try any of your other spells out yet?" Velma asked.
"No, but I will eventually, but first I wanted to talk to you about something" Shaggy replied.
"Like what?" Velma asked as she decided to sit down on Shaggy's bed while he sat in a nearby chair.
"Well, I just wanted to let you know, now that I'm a warlock I want to tell you nothing will change between us; I still love you with all my heart and all my being and just because I'm a sorcerer I don't want anything to change in our relationship" Shaggy explained.
"Shaggy, I'm surprised at you; of course nothing will change between us and I feel the same way about you that you do about me, I don't care what you are, I'll still love you no matter what" Velma replied.
"I understand, the thing is because I have magic powers I feel like I need to change myself; for example, I can make objects appear and disappear out of nowhere, I can turn into an animal, I can make myself disappear, and who knows what other things I can do, I just feel like I need to do whatever I can to please you" Shaggy explained.
"Shaggy, you can give me flowers, candy, a small country, whatever you want to do, it won't matter to me; I still love you no matter what, just be yourself and when the time comes you can use your powers against any ghosts or monsters that we may face" Velma replied.
"Velma, you're probably the most understanding girl I've ever met, thank you; thank you for everything you've ever done for me and for Scooby over the years, you're the best girlfriend a guy ever had" Shaggy said with a tear in his eye as he walked over and hugged Velma.
"You're welcome Shaggy and you're the most understanding guy in the world as well, thank you for everything you've done for me also; not to mention you're the best boyfriend a girl ever had" Velma replied, shedding a tear as she hugged Shaggy back.
"So Velma, do you want to see some of what I can do with my powers?" the cowardly teen warlock asked.
"I suppose so Shaggy, what were you thinking about doing with your magic?" the bespectacled girl replied with a question of her own.
"I don't know Velma, I thought about trying out some miscellaneous spells; wait I know, is there anything you've ever wanted that was always too much money or was always out of reach for you to afford, or anything like that?" the cowardly teen wondered.
"Hmm, I don't know; well, what about jewelry? Daphne always has a lot of diamonds and I think it would be kind of nice to have one for myself" Velma replied, while looking up at the ceiling.
"Diamonds? I didn't know you liked diamonds Velma, but if that's what you really want, then I guess I can conjure one up for you" Shaggy explained.
"Sounds fantastic, what would you like me to do?" Velma wondered.
"Just turn around for about a couple minutes and when I say so, turn back around and I'll give you your diamond" Shaggy replied.
So with that Velma whirled around on her foot and waited for her boyfriend to conjure up a diamond; the cowardly teen walked over to the chair which he had been sitting in earlier, knelt down, picked up one of the spell books, flipped to the page he needed and spoke some magic words; a few seconds later, a small white ball of light appeared in the teen's hand and a few seconds after that it materialized into a small sparkling diamond.
"Okay Velma, you can turn around, but close your eyes first and make sure to put your hands out" Shaggy explained.
"Sure thing Shaggy" the bespectacled girl replied.
Velma waited and did what the cowardly teen asked her to do, then held out her hands in preparation to receive her gift; unbeknownst to Velma, Shaggy stood smiling as he prepared to show off the result of what his magic powers could do.
"Okay Velma, I'm going to place something in your hand; now once I've placed this in your hand, open your eyes and then open your hands up" Shaggy explained.
"I sure will" she replied.
Shaggy then placed the diamond in the intelligent sleuth's right hand, and smiled once again; Velma remembered what Shaggy had told her and as soon as she felt him place the gem in her hand, opened her eyes; once she had done that, she opened her hands and saw a sparkling, glittering diamond in her hand.
After seeing the beautiful gem, Velma ran over to Shaggy, placed her arms around his neck and began kissing and hugging him as if he had just returned from a long vacation and was quite happy to see him again.
"Velma, Velma! Could you ease up a bit, you're killing me!" Shaggy said, attempting to breath as the bespectacled girl continued to hug him.
"Sorry Shaggy, I didn't mean to crush your windpipe like that, I'm just so happy" the bespectacled teen replied as she backed away from the cowardly teen warlock.
"That's ok Velma, I guess you were pretty happy and I'll take that as an apology" Shaggy commented, still attempting to get his breath back.
"No problem, you know this a beautiful diamond and you're really good at this magic thing; I guess you are going to be a great warlock after all, and I know that whenever I or the rest of the gang are in trouble, you'll be right there to help us out and to take care of any villains with your magic" Velma replied.
"Like yeah, I guess you're right Velma, I guess you're right" Shaggy smiled as he moved over to Velma and hugged her once again.
"You know Shaggy, you should talk to Vincent Van Ghoul some time, he would be really interested in your powers" Velma replied.
The cowardly teen had heard what his female companion had said and was going to respond to her comment, but for now he decided to enjoy her company while she decided to do the same, in addition to enjoying her new magically obtained diamond which she hoped someday would be the setting for a gold ring.
A few feet away Scooby Doo was sitting at the foot of Shaggy's bed and saw his two friends acting romantic; even though he was a dog, he realized that his world was changing now that Shaggy and Velma were a couple, not to mention the fact that Fred and Daphne had been a couple for some time; as he sat watching the two sleuths he hoped that someday he would have a girlfriend of his own and someday he would be able to be as romantic with his mate as Shaggy and Fred were with theirs.
"I know I'll find a girlfriend of my own, I just have to keep looking and I know I'll find the right one" Scooby thought to himself with a hopeful look on his face.
Would Scooby Doo find himself a girlfriend and would he be able to be as romantic as Shaggy and Fred were with their respective girlfriends? That was a mystery whose solution might not be as easy for Mystery Inc. to figure out as opposed to some of their past mysteries, but as always Scooby and company were sure that they could solve it, wherever it may take them in the future.
Author's Notes: I know it took a while put the plot wheel kind of stopped turning so to speak, but I was able to figure out a good ending and hopefully everyone likes it; BTW, I haven't decided whether or not to give Scooby a girlfriend or not, if anyone thinks I should send your answer in a review, PM, or e-mail and I'll read them and take them into account; this really isn't a poll per say, I'm just curious as to what everyone, especially Scooby fans thinks of this.
